Welcome to our group's page.
My topic is: chinese immigrants to New Zealand
Our members are pictured below: Questions
1. Why did the Chinese come to New Zealand?
2. What kind of jobs did the Chinese do once they had arived in New Zealand?
3. What problems did they face living in New Zealand?
Jack
1.
(`The meaning) "The supposed danger of Oriental hordes overwhelming the West".
key idea:
They came for work and to bring back money for their familys
2.
In New Zealand, the Otago goldfields
attracted the first batch of organised Chinese migrant workers.
By 1869 there were about 2,000 Chinese people in New Zealand.
Almost all were men who came to work the goldfields of Otago and the West Coast.
Most of them probably intended to make their fortunes and return to China.
Key idea:
Lots of Chinese people came for Otagos gold and not many worked elsewhere.
3.
When the Chinese came to New Zealand they did not know the language or their way around, they were disriminated on when they came because they were different and "yellow". People were scared of the "yellow peril" because the Chinese were
different, yellow, different eyes and there were so many of them.
Key idea:
The could not comunicate with anyone and were discriminated.
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Group 14
Welcome to our group's page.My topic is: chinese immigrants to New Zealand
Our members are pictured below:
Questions
1. Why did the Chinese come to New Zealand?
2. What kind of jobs did the Chinese do once they had arived in New Zealand?
3. What problems did they face living in New Zealand?
1.
(`The meaning) "The supposed danger of Oriental hordes overwhelming the West".
key idea:
They came for work and to bring back money for their familys
2.
In New Zealand, the Otago goldfields
attracted the first batch of organised Chinese migrant workers.
By 1869 there were about 2,000 Chinese people in New Zealand.
Almost all were men who came to work the goldfields of Otago and the West Coast.
Most of them probably intended to make their fortunes and return to China.
Key idea:
Lots of Chinese people came for Otagos gold and not many worked elsewhere.
3.
When the Chinese came to New Zealand they did not know the language or their way around, they were disriminated on when they came because they were different and "yellow". People were scared of the "yellow peril" because the Chinese were
different, yellow, different eyes and there were so many of them.
Key idea:
The could not comunicate with anyone and were discriminated.
(Right click to expand and scroll on the text boxes to see more info.)
(Information from Te Ara and Wikipedia)
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